How do I remove the black background from a dialog box in Android. The

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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T15:19:35+00:00 2026-06-04T15:19:35+00:00

How do I remove the black background from a dialog box in Android. The pic shows the problem.

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final Dialog dialog = new Dialog(Screen1.this);
dialog.requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
dialog.setContentView(R.layout.themechanger);

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-04T15:19:36+00:00

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Add this code

 dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawable(new ColorDrawable(android.graphics.Color.TRANSPARENT));

Or this one instead:

dialog.getWindow().setBackgroundDrawableResource(android.R.color.transparent);

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